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Immigration Plate
Indigo A. Williams

Australia

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These images visualize parts of a border crossing or trans-racial identity in process that have emerged from a life being a Vietnamese female orphan raised in a white western family. My work challenges mainstream assumptions of what nationality, authenticity, citizenship and traditional families are. Are the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building next to a traditional Vietnamese dress so foreign to each other? How do some people immigrate as legitimate citizens while others struggle for refugee status? Do we need grandparents and ancestors to gain a sense of family when so many people from war zones are denied such ties? How do we define the authentic, are we what we eat? How do we pass judgment on what others do? We take family, race and culture for granted but they are not unbreakable.

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saxonyj (United States)
Family is in the heart...it defies all traditions, borders, icons and citizenship...like truth it is relative to how you see the world...you can create your own reality no matter how it started...define it in your best ability..i don't think there is a definition for what a family is...it is your choice to let yourself define it or let society define it for you...you can choose

Imagining Ourselves Team (United States)
Are family, race and culture unbreakable?

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